Ailing pelicans

Ailing pelicans

Benjamin Reed / For The Los Angeles Times

Barbara Linnett lifts an injured pelican from the cleaning station at the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria, Ore. The birds are in trouble just months after they were taken off the endangered species list.

Barbara Linnett lifts an injured pelican from the cleaning station at the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria, Ore. The birds are in trouble just months after they were taken off the endangered species list. (Benjamin Reed / For The Los Angeles Times)

Barbara Linnett lifts an injured pelican from the cleaning station at the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria, Ore. The birds are in trouble just months after they were taken off the endangered species list.